vettermann



Patented Feb. 9; I897.

. .NQ. W 9/ i .Ikm .v 1\ m w N N m \k m g Q n (No Model.)

F. O. VETTERMANN. TOBAGGO PIPE. No. 576,923.

- MMZMM UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL O. VETTERMANN, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOOTTO BERGTER, OF SAME PLACE.

TOBACCO-PIPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 576,923, dated February9, 1897.

Application filed August 5, 1896.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PAUL OTTO VETTER- MANN, of New Haven, in the countyof New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvementin Tobacco-Pipes; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in-

Figure l, a view in vertical longitudinal section of a pipe constructedin accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a detached reverse plan view ofthe bowl thereof.

My invention relates to an improved tobacco-pipe of that class which hasa bowl or receiver for the tobacco and a drip-cup for the reception ofthe nicotine and saliva, the object being to produce a simple, compact,and efiective pipe constructed with particular reference to conveniencein being dismembered and reassembled and to the protection of the smokerfrom the evil effects of taking nicotine into his system.

With these ends in view my invention consists in a tobacco-pipe havingcertain details of construction and combinations of parts, as will behereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In carrying out my invention as herein shown I employ a bowl A for thereception of the tobacco, the said bowl being cylindrical andconstructed at its lower end with an externally-threaded shoulder A,adapting it to be screwed into the internally-threaded upper end of thedrip-cup B, which is conical or acorn shape in general form. The lowerend of the bowl A is closed by a diaphragm A the inner or upper face ofwhich is made crowning, so as to deflect any liquid nicotine impregnatedexudations from the tobacco through vertical drip-perforations a- 0;,formed in the said diaphragm and discharging the said liquid exudationsinto the interior of the drip-cup. As herein shown, the diaphragm isformed with four of these perforations, but this number may be increasedor diminished, as desired. It will be also un- Serial No. 601,798. (Nomodel.)

derstood that these perforations form draft construction, and which isfurnished with athreaded shoulder 0 which passes through alaterally-threaded opening B, formed in the drip-cup. The reduced innerend of the stem enters the tube A and is furnished with anupwardly-opening perforation c. The design of the tube A is to protectthe reduced inner end of the pipe-stem and prevent the entrancethereinto of any liquid or moist exudations from the tobacco. For thefurther protection of the stem I preferably employ an annulardeflecting-flange A surrounding the upper end of the said tube, locatedwithin the perforations a, and inclined outward, so as to deflect theliquid exudations into the outer portions of the drip-cup and away fromthe tube. This flange is shown as formed integral with the diaphragm Aof the bowl, but that is not imperative.

A pipe constructed in accordance with my invention is very agreeable andsafe to smoke, inasmuch as the liquid or moist exudations of the tobaccoare carefully kept away from the pipe-stem and are not therefore drawninto the mouth. On the other hand, saliva which may work into the stemis discharged into the bottom of the drip-cup.

My improved pipe is very readily taken to pieces for cleaning and asreadily reassembled.

It is apparent that in carrying out my invention some changes from theconstruction herein shown and described may be made, and I wouldtherefore have it understood that I do not limit myself to the preciseform shown, but hold myself at liberty to make such changes as fairlyfall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a sectional tobacco-pipe, the combination with a bowl havingdraft-openings in its lower end, of a drip-cup in the open upper end ofwhich the said bowl is secured, a tube depending from the bottom of thesaid bowl and open at its lower end, and a pipe-stem entering throughthe side of the drip-cup and passing thence into the said tube throughone side, said stem having an opening within said tube whereby said endis protected, substantially as described.

2. In a tobacco-pipe, the combination with a bowl adapted to receive thetobacco, closed at its lower end by a diaphragm having draftopeningsnear its edge, a tube depending cup in the upper end of which the saidbowl is secured, and a pipe-stem entering into said tube through theopenings in the side of the bowl and tube, said stein having an openingwithin the tube, substantially as described.

3. In a tobacco-pipe the combination with a bowl having its lower endclosed by an integral diaphragm having a crowning inner face, and formedwith draft-perforations located at or near its edge, with a downwardly-.

PAUL O. VETTERMANN.

\Vitnesses:

FRED O. EARLE, LILLIAN D. KELSEY.

